Vedanta Resources plc (Vedanta) has announced the appointment of Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan (Venkat) as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and a member of the Board of Directors, effective August 31, 2018. He succeeds Kuldip Kaura, the current Interim CEO.

The Tractors and Farm Equipment Ltd (TAFE) has announced the launch of ‘JFarm Services App’, a mobile app-based aggregator platform which facilitates hiring of tractors and modern farm machinery for farmers in Rajasthan, at the Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet (GRAM), Kota.

KV Srinivasan has been spearheading Reliance Commercial Finance since 2007. Prior to this, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Reliance Life Insurance Co Ltd. He brings with him around two decades of multi-disciplinary experience in the consulting and financial sectors

In July 2014, the current government presented its first budget which was predominantly growth-oriented. The announcements made in the budget represented measures to tame inflation and provide a boost to investments in manufacturing and infrastructure sector.

Auto component industry is very important for our business as we completely cater to it. Both local use and exports of the components increase the need for machining in India and this in turn results in demand for machines.

In the welding sector, the number of available skilled and trained workers is much less than the need. We are trying to concentrate on training and skill development so that we have more skilled and trained workers readily available, which will increase the productivity, says R Srinivasan, Vice President, The Indian Institute of Welding. Excerpts from the interview...

Krishnakumar Srinivasan has been named President, Vehicle Group, Asia-Pacific, Eaton. Most recently he served as Managing Director in India for the Vehicle Group, where he was responsible for all truck, bus and automotive operations. Srinivasan will be based in Shanghai.